2017-2018 KEY DATES

Information is provided to students about the Competition by their university or from other sources. Students can discuss their interest in submitting a paper with a professor.

July to October 13, 2017

University coordinators register on the IPAC website and identify the precise date in December for the student submission deadline.

October 20, 2017

Contact information for the coordinators is posted on the IPAC website.

November 2017 to December 2017

Students submit papers to university coordinators according to the deadlines that will be posted on the IPAC website.

December 10, 2017

Deadline for university coordinators to submit their department’s top three papers through the IPAC website.

December 21, 2017

Five finalists are selected by the National Adjudication Panel.

January 10, 2018 (11:59 p.m. [EST])

Deadline for finalists to post their video pitches on YouTube.

January 15 (12:00 p.m. [EST]) to January 29 (12:00 p.m. [EST]), 2018

Voting is open to the public for the “Public Choice Award.”

January 2018

Grand Prize winner(s) selected by the Deputy Minister Panel by reviewing papers and videos and participating in a web conferencing session with each finalist. During these sessions, the finalist gives a 10-minute presentation and answers questions from the panelists.

February 2018

Grand Prize Winner(s) announced on the School and IPAC websites.

May 2018

The Grand Prize winner(s) make(s) a presentation; the top five papers are published on the Canada School of Public Service website andhighlighted on the IPAC website.The “Public Choice Award” is highlighted on the IPAC website.